NEWSOM should reject LA’s request to veto housing reform

By Mark Vuksevich, special for Calmatters

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Governor Gavin Newo has the decision to make.

It is on his desk Senate Bill 79 from a state senator WienerLegislation that meets the moment of climate, dwelling and transportation needs of California from California Allow the construction of more homes near transit and existing work centers – Just where California needs the most of them.

Signing it should be an easy call, especially after how highly changed The bill was in the legislature. But there is a pressure to block it and much of this Pressure comes from Los AngelesS

LA is unable to define state housing policy. Newsom needs to know this.

Town Hit a 10-year minimum In the housing permits last year, everyone as the rents are rising and homelessness continues. New York, a city, about twice as big as LA, and also experiencing a residential crisis is On the way to build 50,000 units This year. Meanwhile, LA had allowed 3100 Since July.

The home that is approved is also not thanks to local leadership. Much of it is the result of state mandates such as the California density Bonus Law and the legalization of residential units.

Without Sacramento’s intervention, Los Angeles would build almost nothing.

And yet some of LA’s most powerful voices are the governor’s request to pull the plug SB 79. Mayor Karen Bass, Council member Trachi Park and City Prosecutor Heidi Feldstein Soto emerged as the three main nims in the city.

In addition to Gutting your own flagship accessible housing policyEd. 1, bass used its influence to Provide release from SB 9 In the palisades, shielding one of the most rich polls in the city by modest duplex reforms. This compromise can be understandable – sensitive hills and fire areas are not the best places for new homes. But if we are going to limit the growth there, then we have to compensate it elsewhere-especially in the urban, transit-rich parts of LA, where new homes make the most meaning.

Instead, Bass now claims This SB 79 somehow undermines the “city city like Los Angeles”. If LA was really drilled, his authorization would not scrape the bottom.

Park and Feldstein Soto, in addition to campaigns against housing, have worked to block the residential project of Venice Del of the land construction of lands-approved by the Municipal Council a project designed to shelter Angelenos most in need.

Instead of fighting urgently necessary homes, They have thrown obstacles and delays Again and again.

The truth is clear: Los Angeles failed to lead homes and when he moved at all, this is only because the state law forces his hand. Providing veto over state policy would doom California to more than the same – increasing costs, deterioration of displacement and endless obstacle.

Newsom promised a bold leadership in the homes. Now is the time to show it. SB 79 is not to punish cities; It is a matter of guaranteeing that homes are built where they have the most meaning-in urban, transit-rich areas where people can thrive without long travel or dependent on the car.

The governor should not accept advice on housing from Los Angeles. He must sign SB 79, lead the state forward and send a clear message: the future of California will not be detained by Nimby Politics.

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